Cleland v. Porter
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the County Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. Samuel S. Guyer, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
At the general election held on the fourth day of ¡November, 1873, the defendant in error was declared elected to the office of treasurer of Rock Island county.
The plaintiff in error, who was the opposing candidate for the office, on the third day of December, 1873, filed a petition in the county court of Rock Island county to contest the election.
It is averred in the petition that no votes were cast in the county for any person for the office of ' treasurer except petitioner and the defendant in error; that in the entire county the defendant in error received fifteen hundred and ninety-two…
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